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PM_Orion_Slave_Tits t1_iuljwxm wrote

Reply to comment by Agitated_Tell240 in 1 dead and up to 6 injured in shooting at a Halloween party in Kansas City, Kansas, police say by bonniethegamer223

How do you people not understand that the more legal guns there are the more opportunity there is to get illegal guns?

It's very difficult to get an illegal firearm here in the UK purely because there aren't that many guns at all. A legal gun quickly becomes illegal in the wrong hands.

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JeanGuy_Rubberboot t1_ium05xx wrote

I agree. I had my house broken into last year. 2 shotguns were stolen. I'm a legal gun owner in Canada, my guns had trigger locks and were in a (cheap) safe. Now those guns are illegal (probably, thiefs were never caught, it is possible they have gun licenses).

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[deleted] t1_iulk7vd wrote

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PM_Orion_Slave_Tits t1_iulkf6p wrote

Educate yourself. In addition to your laughable gun crime statistics there is also more knife crime in the US than in the UK, even adjusted for population. We just make a big deal about it and have a lot of campaigns to stop knife crime, that's why you hear about it more.

Edit: deleted a shitty source in favour of this helpful graph I found

https://infogram.com/us-vs-uk-on-knife-crime-1hmr6gyrxmlo6nl

Edit 2: Personally I think it's crass and disgusting to tout love of guns underneath an article about people losing their lives due to guns.

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CheesecakeMedium8500 t1_iulwmtg wrote

I’d rather be attacked with a knife than with a gun. I can run from a knife attack. I cannot run from a gun attack. If I have a puffy coat, I am protected from a knife wound. No such luck with a bullet.

Seriously did you not even think about your sentence for 2 seconds?

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AggressiveSkywriting t1_ium0y64 wrote

You can shut yourself behind a door when a knife is coming at you, or fend them off with a large enough object. It very well not protect you vs a gun.

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AggressiveSkywriting t1_ium0ude wrote

My man read one article halfway through about UK knife crimes and built a whole narrative around it, lmao

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daviss2 t1_iulxdle wrote

MURICA. The land of freedom that allows little men to act tough behind a gun.

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